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'Not Just Unethical, But Perhaps Illegal': Glenn Ivey Calls Out Layoffs of January 6th Prosecutors
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5 months ago
During a House Appropriation Committee markup meeting held before the Congressional recess, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) spoke about the layoffs of Department of Justice prosectors who worked on the January 6th case.
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00:00
Well, we'll let somebody else.
00:03
You're right. I don't want to show up your time.
00:06
We'll get that answer someday.
00:07
But I do appreciate the gentlelady's inquiry.
00:10
I want to thank the chair, the subcommittee, the full committee,
00:13
the ranking members of the subcommittee and full committee
00:15
for the work that they put in, staff as well for the work that they've done.
00:20
Just a few quick points.
00:21
I share questions and concerns about some of the aspect of the ATF cuts
00:28
and the Attorney General's testimony about combining ATF and DEA.
00:35
I have my doubts as to how successful that would be or how beneficial it would be.
00:40
But those are statements that she made here.
00:42
She also made a commitment during her testimony here
00:45
to not reduce funding for the Nibin piece.
00:50
And I think that's very important.
00:52
And I appreciate the fact that my colleagues are going to help us keep an eye on that as well.
00:57
With respect to the overall Department of Justice, oh, I'm sorry, FBI.
01:04
You know, Mr. Patel testified here.
01:05
He testified roughly that he had a need for 2,400 more spots
01:10
than what was provided in the President's bill.
01:13
And the next day he changed that testimony in the Senate.
01:15
You know, I have my doubts about the change of heart that happened overnight there.
01:23
My gut is that they're going to need the spots that he was initially requesting.
01:28
So I'm hoping that we can keep an eye on that going forward
01:31
because I think it's a critical time for the FBI.
01:34
My colleague from Texas I saw on television over the weekend,
01:39
and I think the statement he made was about making sure that we focus our immigration enforcement
01:44
on the most violent people out there.
01:47
And I wanted to say I agree with that position with respect to the ICE enforcement.
01:54
To the extent they're peeling off FBI agents to do work on any of those kinds of issues,
01:59
I'd urge us to take a very close look at that and make sure they're not overdoing it
02:05
because we have other criminal justice needs.
02:07
We've got, for example, the Sinaloa cartel and others.
02:11
They're creating problems here in the United States.
02:14
So I hope that we can have a focus that isn't totally dominated by the immigration issue
02:19
but also looks at some of our other criminal justice needs as well.
02:23
With respect to the, I'll call it the brain drain issue,
02:27
my colleagues from Virginia and Alabama, I know they have NASA assets in their district as I do in mine.
02:34
I think one of the things that the United States really needs to keep in mind is that
02:38
we're in a neck-and-neck race with China right now,
02:41
and I think as a nation we're doing things that undermine our ability to maintain.
02:47
I think we have supremacy at the moment, but I think we're putting things at risk.
02:52
And it goes beyond simply this bill, for sure.
02:56
But I think making sure that we continue to invest in assets like NASA, assets like NSF,
03:03
assets like the educational piece that helps us produce the talent that can do this work
03:09
to help us keep ahead, I think is critical.
03:12
And lastly, I'll mention the Department of Justice overall.
03:20
I served in the Department of Justice for four years.
03:23
This isn't in this bill either, but the termination of, I believe it was 20,
03:27
the DOJ prosecutors who were involved in the prosecutions of the January 6th people,
03:33
I thought was completely over the line.
03:37
You know, not just unethical, but perhaps illegal.
03:40
And I think it's important for us to make sure.
03:43
I know there are hard feelings about things going on under the Biden administration
03:46
at the Department of Justice for my colleagues on the other side.
03:50
And we've got our concerns now, but I think we all need to come together
03:54
and find a common ground where we can say that the Department of Justice
03:58
has to be insulated from politics, especially right now,
04:02
because it's undermining their ability to do the job in the right way
04:06
and in a way that maintains the rule of law
04:09
and supports our efforts to fight crime
04:13
and maintain or re-earn the trust of the American people.
04:18
So I want to thank again the chairs and the ranking members
04:21
for their work on this, and I yield back.
04:23
Thank you very much.
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